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Kiiras

KIIRAS (키라스), a six-member K-pop girl group under LeanBranding, debuted May 29, 2025 with "Kill Ma Bo$$"; members include LingLing, the first Malaysian to lead a girl group, and 2026 single "TA TA".

Kijiji

Kijiji, also known as Kijiji Canada or Kijiji.ca, is a Canadian peer-to-peer classifieds marketplace founded by eBay in 2005 and headquartered in Toronto, now the country's leading classifieds site.

Kijong-dong (기정동)

Kijong-dong (기정동), or Peace Village, is North Korea's model village in the DMZ near Panmunjom, facing Daeseong-dong; called Propaganda Village abroad, it has a 160 m flagpole, disputed residency, and former loudspeaker broadcasts.

Kik Messenger

This Canadian messaging app, founded in 2009 by University of Waterloo students, is known for its free, username-based system and peak of 300 million registered users.

Kika

Kika is Pedro Almodóvar's 1993 Spanish-French comedy, his tenth film, starring Verónica Forqué as a makeup artist; produced by El Deseo and Ciby 2000, released 25 October 1993, Goya winner for Best Actress.

Kikaider (キカイダー)

Kikaider (キカイダー) is Shotaro Ishinomori's android superhero from the 1972 tokusatsu series Android Kikaider: Jiro, built by Dr. Komyoji with an incomplete conscience circuit, fights DARK; 43 episodes, manga, anime, and 2014 reboot followed.

Kike Harvey

Kike Harvey, stage name of José Harvey Caicedo Chará, is a Colombian salsa singer from Cali known as "El sonero de Colombia", famous for the 1984 hit "Quiéreme".

Kiki Astor

Kiki Astor is the pseudonym of a French-American author and podcaster in Montecito, California, host of Awkward Etiquette: Old Money & New Manners and author of Midnight Blue; not related to the Astor family.

Kiki Bertens

Kiki Bertens, Dutch tennis player, former world No. 4 (13 May 2019), highest-ranked Dutchwoman ever; 10 WTA singles titles, Madrid 2019 and Cincinnati 2018 champion; retired after Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Kiki Camarena

Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, DEA special agent kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by the Guadalajara Cartel in February 1985 after the Rancho Búfalo raid; his death sparked Operation Leyenda and inspired Red Ribbon Week.

Kiki Dee

Kiki Dee, stage name of Pauline Matthews, is a British pop and soul singer best known for the 1976 chart-topping duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Elton John.

Kiki Ebsen

Kiki Ebsen (born 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, daughter of actor Buddy Ebsen; sideman for Christopher Cross, Al Jarreau, and others; albums include Red, Scarecrow Sessions, and Fill Me Up.

Kiki Iriafen

Kiki Iriafen (born 2003) is a Nigerian-American WNBA forward, No. 4 pick of the 2025 draft for the Washington Mystics; two-time All-Star, franchise rookie rebounding and double-double record holder, 2026 USA World Cup team member.

KiKi Layne

KiKi Layne (Kiandra Layne, born 1992) is an American actress from Cincinnati, Ohio, known for Tish Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Nile in The Old Guard films, Native Son, and Dandelion.

Kiki Wong

Kiki Wong, American guitarist, touring guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins since 2024, chosen from over 10,000 applicants; formerly of Nylon Pink, a session musician, and a metal-focused TikTok guitarist.

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便)

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin) is Studio Ghibli's 1989 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from Eiko Kadono's novel about a 13-year-old witch; it was Japan's top Japanese film of 1989.

Kikimora (кики́мора)

Kikimora (кики́мора), also shishimora or mara, is a female house spirit of East Slavic folklore living behind the stove, blamed for night noise and tangled yarn, with a swamp variant, unbaptized-child origins, and links to the goddess Mokosh.

Kikkan Randall

Kikkan Randall, American cross-country skier (Kikkanimal), five-time Olympian born 1982; with Jessie Diggins won the first US Olympic gold in cross-country skiing, 2018 team sprint; later breast cancer survivor and Anchorage Nordic leader.

Kikkawa Motoharu

Kikkawa Motoharu (吉川元春, 1530–1586) was a Japanese Sengoku-period warlord and second son of Mōri Motonari, adopted into the Kikkawa clan and famed as the fierce commander known as "Oni Kikkawa."

Kikki (Anatolian king)

Kikki, also written Kiakki, was a ruler of Tabal in south-central Anatolia, son of King Tuatti, who submitted to Shalmaneser III of Assyria around 837 BC.

Kikku-Siwe-Temti

Kikku-Siwe-Temti was a king of Elam of the Awan dynasty, the seventh of twelve rulers on a king list from Susa, placed in the later 24th century BC.

Kikkuli

Kikkuli, also written Kikuli, was a Mitanni master horse trainer of about 1350 B.C. whose Hittite manual prescribes a chariot-horse conditioning program of at least 184 days.

Kikkuli text

The Kikkuli text is a Hittite manual for conditioning chariot horses, written by Kikkuli, a horse trainer from the land Mittani, preserved on clay tablets from Hattusa.

Kiklop Award

The Kiklop Award (Nagrada Kiklop) was an annual Croatian book award given from 2004 to 2014 by the Sa(n)jam knjige u Istra festival, with a category for the best-selling book.

Kiko

Kiko (Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón, born 1972, Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish retired forward who scored the winner as Spain beat Poland 3-2 for football gold at Barcelona 1992, later starred for Atlético Madrid (1995-96 double), and earned 26 Spain caps.

Kiko Alonso

Kiko Alonso (Kristian Alonso, born 1990) is a former NFL linebacker from Oregon, drafted 46th overall by Buffalo in 2013; PFWA Defensive Rookie of the Year, later played for the Eagles, Dolphins, Saints, and 49ers, retired 2022.

Kiko Barzaga

Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga, Filipino politician and Cavite 4th District representative 2025-2026, son of Elpidio Barzaga Jr.; twice suspended, then expelled by the House in June 2026 over social media misconduct.

Kikō bungaku

Kikō bungaku, also called kikōbun (紀行文), is a Japanese literary genre of works built around a journey, known for medieval classics and Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi.

Kiko Casilla

Kiko Casilla (Francisco Casilla Cortés, born 1986, Alcover, Spain), Spanish goalkeeper; Real Madrid 2015-2019 (43 games, three Champions League titles), Espanyol, Leeds United, one Spain cap; retired 2023 after Getafe.

Kiko Loureiro

Kiko Loureiro (Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro, born 1972) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer, a former member of Angra and Megadeth's lead guitarist from 2015 to 2023.